Kay C. Beerman
Kay C. Beerman is an author of Romantic Mystery/Suspense and has a background in Medicine and Foreign Affairs from her education and experiences.
She writes stories about detectives, agents and medical examiners. Her series The Bay Area Blues is about people dedicated to protect and to serve in the San Francisco Bay Area. She resides in Northern California. |
Serendipity in Berkeley
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Romantic Suspense, Contemporary Romance
*Winner, Distinguished Favorite award, Romantic Suspense category, 2021 New York City Big Book Award* *Winner, Distinguished Favorite award, Romantic Suspense category, Independent Press Award 2020 contest* *Honorable Mention, Romance category, 2020 Royal Dragonfly Book Award contest* Serendipity in Berkeley has won a "Distinguished Favorite" award, and my other book Twilight Starlight World Alight has been named the Winner in the Romantic Suspense category in the 2021 New York City Big Book Award. When Alex Wallace, M.D., was 18 years old at UC Berkeley, she was saved by then-rookie officer Sam Crawford of the Berkeley PD from a traffic accident. Now ten years later, she’s become a world-class researcher working in Europe, but she returns as a newly hired medical examiner, hoping to meet her hero again. Now-Detective Sgt. Crawford once protected a traffic accident victim from her car engine explosion. It had him airlifted to the burn trauma center, but the burn scars on his back have left him deep memories of the scene and the woman. One day he meets Dr. Alex who performs an autopsy on his unidentified victim ‘John Doe’ and finds the cause of death. They also find they have magnetic chemistry. Their relationship quickly grows after Sam discovers the truth she keeps secret. With John Doe’s case as a precursor, Sam and his team find mysterious crimes on their hands. Soon, they realize regional incidents turn out to be a part of a statewide criminal plot. Amid police sting operations, Alex and Sam could be the next casualties… Review of Serendipity in Berkeley |
Twilight Starlight World Alight
Romantic Suspense
*Winner, Romantic Suspense category, 2021 New York City Big Book Award* Abby Stevens, a vibrant tech worker, resides comfortably in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her cool life is suddenly toppled over when someone starts threatening her for unknown reasons. Instead of brooding, kick-ass Abby decides to find the truth that lies beneath. Dazzling FBI division assistant director David Harp, also a cyber expert, has the mother of all loads of trouble on his hands, including his girlfriend Abby who abruptly declares she’s leaving him, and he doesn’t understand why. Meanwhile, the IRS Criminal Investigation Division sends a top agent to investigate a suspected money laundering case in Silicon Valley, CA, after one undercover operative goes missing. At the same time, the NSA and FBI have intercepted a suspicious electronic message that could be a communication between an infamous dark website and terrorist-wannabes. As the FBI tackles the situation, a mysterious explosion sends the IRS investigation spinning in another direction, colliding with the FBI’s case. It quickly ups the ante when Abby faces unforeseen jeopardy. David has to decode the encrypted message ASAP to foil mass destruction and save her in time. Can he also win back her love? |